Ukrainian forces strike 15 clusters of Russian military personnel – General Staff report

Stock photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Stock photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukrainian defenders struck 15 clusters of Russian military personnel over the past 24 hours.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 23 March

Details: A total of 69 combat clashes took place on the front line over the course of the past 24 hours.

The Russians launched 88 missile attacks and 143 airstrikes over the course of the day, attacking Ukrainian positions and settlements with multiple-launch rocket systems 92 times.

The Russians carried out airstrikes on the settlements of Semenivka (Chernihiv Oblast); Neskuchne, Oleksandrivka and Druzhba (Sumy Oblast); Odradne, Kolodiazne, Petropavlivka and Kotliarivka (Kharkiv Oblast); Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast); Terny, Yampolivka, Chasiv Yar, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Ocheretyne, Novobakhmutivka, Zhelanne, Novohrodivka, Berdychi, Novoselivka Persha, Semenivka, Karlivka, Krasnohorivka, Novomykhailivka, Kostiantynivka, Vuhledar and Staromaiorske (Donetsk Oblast), and Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast).

More than 140 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts came under Russian artillery shelling.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, the Russians maintained a military presence in the border areas and conducted sabotage activities to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to vulnerable areas.

On the Kupiansk front, the Russians, supported by their aircraft, carried out three unsuccessful assaults on the positions of Ukrainian troops near Synkivka, Tabaivka and Berestove (Kharkiv Oblast).

On the Lyman front, Ukrainian troops repelled seven Russian attacks near Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Spirne (Donetsk Oblast), where the Russians tried to break through Ukraine’s defences, supported by aircraft.

On the Bakhmut front, Ukraine's Armed Forces repelled five Russian attacks near Ivanivske, Andriivka and Klishchiivka (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Avdiivka front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 10 Russian attacks near Berdychi, Tonenke, Pervomaiske and Nevelske (Donetsk Oblast).

On the Novopavlivka front, Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold back the Russians near Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Vodiane and Urozhaine (Donetsk Oblast), where the Russians, supported by aircraft, tried to break through the defences of Ukrainian troops 28 times.

On the Orikhiv front, Russian troops, supported by their aircraft, attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 10 times near the settlements of Staromaiorske and south of Novodarivka (Donetsk Oblast), and Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast).

On the Kherson front, the Russians did not abandon their intention to drive Ukrainian units from their footholds on the left (east) bank of the Dnipro River. Over the past 24 hours, the Russians carried out two assaults on the positions of Ukrainian troops.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's Air Force hit 13 areas where Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were concentrated.

Ukraine's Rocket Forces and Artillery struck two clusters of Russian military personnel, an air defence system and four other important facilities belonging to the Russians.

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